A few observations about the book of eli welcome to the. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene youtube. Why did eli have to show everyone the back of his hands. Eli was blind, if you didnt understand at the end of the movie, there may have been some parts that didnt make that clear. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by.
Im not sure that would happen over the brief duration of the film, but maybe he wasnt fully blind in the film, but had learnt brail in the world before so as to better be able to read. I think it may also have been used as a selfredemption moment for one of the bad guys. Starring denzel washington, gary oldman and mila kunis released in 2010. Despite the two answers you have already received to the contrary, yes the character eli in the book of eli was blind. Although eli is not a literal preacher, he is the closest thing to a religious figure in the postapocalyptic world and he is so totally badass that only god can help you if you mess with him. In the end we find eli was blind the whole time and memorized the book he was carrying which just so happened to be in braille. Eli had memorized the whole thing and read it back to the ones in the city who wrote it all down. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in the house. And he thinks its exciting to score a bible because they dont have one. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie or did. The girl sees eli s book, and when carnegie finds out he beats her mother until she reveals what she. Does he seem to think this is the key to getting society back on track. After looking around i saw that im not the only one who questi. In the movie the book of eli at the end, was he blind.
Theres actually quite a few hints that eli was blind before you actually know for sure. In the movie the book of eli was eli blind the entire movie. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with him. Barefoot across america he fights and battles his way as he journeys through a wasteland. He was given the gift of sight among other skills to carry out his holy task as a modern messenger. Carnegie is the main antagonist in the 2010 postapocalyptic film the book of eli. According to imdb faq, yes he was possibly partially blind. Throughout the movie, eli shot animal s for food including a flying bird with a bow, and defended himself with blade and gun, and yet was blind the entire time.
Me and my friend have been in a debate about this,and i wanted to know who was right. Also, he lures the rest of them in to a dark tunnel before fighting them. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to. There is a reason why the movie is called book of eli and not book of whoever. In the house at the beginning, eli looks at the sun from a window, but his eyes dont dilate. Carnegie tries to get claudia to read it, but she cruelly lies and tells him that shes forgotten how.
Sure it has been debated, but was eli blind in book of. Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. As eli dictates, lombardi writes it all down, word for word. At the end of the book of eli it is revealed that the eponymous bible that eli used to read and learn by heart is actually written in braille. A tale of a postapocalyptic world where our hero eli washington is told by a mysterious voice to deliver a relic of an old book to the west coast. We basically have to take eli at his word that his is the only copy, but he s a blind man with no news from europe, africa, or south america. And we learn that eli is blind and apparently has been for 30 years. Later in the movie when eli and solara are at the old couples house he could hear the cars coming long before the others could. The book of eli 2010 is both underappreciated and a secret. Sure it has been debated, but was eli blind in book of eli posted by roger klarvin on 2617 at 7. In the book of eli, the whole worlds a blasted ghetto. The reason i think he was is because 1 his eye color and 2 his bible was in braille.
But again, these action sequences seemed to be routinely rejected by audiences for one astounding and spoilery reason. He is not totally blind, for the reason that when they go back in the old cannibal couples house and ask for weapons eli looks at the window to check the. Yet im not sure what further conclusions to draw from this. In the first house eli holes up in, he looks at the mouse, he roots through his bag, while moving his head to see better into the bag. My view is that when you see what the book is and that he s blind that to. Realistically, there are three logical interpretations here. Jan 22, 2010 we believe that god entrusted the book to eli as he was blind when he was guided to it, but upon receiving the book god imbued him with sight and his divine protection. Eli keeps on walking west until he get to san francisco, where some survivors have set up a library as part of a future attempt to civilize the postapocalyptic world. Jan 19, 2010 god helps eli, eli succeeds in getting the bible to the library with a hippielike man played by malcolm mcdowell in charge. Conversely, carnegie has physical sight, yet nothing but the faint memory of religion to help him along. It also features a new side of denzel we havent seen before and its also a welcoming return for the hughes brothers.
He calls the engineer in to unlock the book and once its unlocked they see the bible is in braille in alcatraz, a closeup of elis face shows us that he is blind as well. Like his nemesis, hes been fumbling about at a disadvantage while eli is blind as a bat, he has the metaphorical light of the book. In the bible, eli grew gradually more blind, from partial sight up to the stage of his eyes were set so he could not see. There are moments where you could construe he was blind only after you decided he was. Jan 12, 2010 like mccarthys great novel, the book of eli follows a wandering man on a lawless road while carrying his charge a boy, rather than a book, in the road.
Jan 19, 2010 ok sorry i thought of a couple more thing suggesting eli isnt blind, in the beggining he got the lighter off of the dead high jackers and saw the flame, the wind was blowing away from him so he. He s just going from point a to point b, and plowing through obstacles. Elis totally blind and being guided by a higher power, 2. A focus on his eyes reveals that they have been dead since the flash and that he has been traveling, fighting.
For example, when he stops solara from taking the book, telling her that youd probably have no idea how to read it anyway. Jan 15, 2010 if eli was blind through out the movie then the movie is of the same genre as godzilla just plain camp, because ive known quite a few blind people with heightened senses and washington didnt. Dec 22, 2010 he was blind the whole time, that is why towards the end the book he was carrying that got taken was in braille and the bad guy in the end could not read it and the other girl refuse to tell him what it said. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. There are a lot of scenes in the movie that could suggest that the lead character suffered from absolute blindness.
He was blinded during armageddon, but after finding the bible was given his sight back in order to complete the task given to him by god. Eli is blind and if so, he either trained himself to be able to travel, hunt, shoot, etc. For all we know, he s come across a hundred bibles while scavenging his way across the continent, he just couldnt recognize them as such because they werent in braille. The director is acutely aware that gary oldmans character is much more interesting than eli, and the focus of the film substantially shifts for the better to what he wants the. He soon forces solara to tell him if eli was reading a book, and realizes eli s book is the one he wantsa bible.
Watch the movie very carefully, and its pretty apparent. My problem is that eli did not behave like a blind person. The book of eli believe, holidays, christmas, people. If eli was blind, how did he know which direction was west. The book of eli believable except for this one small. Eli does not notice the car with the skeleton until he hears the sound of rattling metal. Christianity and the book of eli believe it or not. Hi,i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Even if he is divinely guided, we see that he doesnt need a physical copy of the book to finish his mission, so he might not have been pointed toward other copies. The professional, drexl spivey in true romance, egor korshunov in air force one, mason verger in hannibal, jeanbaptiste emanuel zorg in the fifth element, lord shen in kung fu panda 2, count dracula in bram stokers dracula, dreyfus. Book of eli the big twist in the book of eli is that at the end is it revealed that eli is blind and his bible is in braille. Theres this whole issue, without giving it away, is he blind, is he not. Then again, eli mightve just been a retired badass. Taken inside, eli is revealed to be blind, and dictates the new king james version of the bible from memory to lombardi, the sanctuarys leader.
Was eli just able to read braille for some unknown reason or was he actually blind all the time probably since the apocalypse 30 years ago, which is implied to have blinded many people. Jan 15, 2010 when he reaches a village ruled by the powerful mobster, carnegie gary oldman, the man views eli s impressive fighting skills and offers eli a place within his gang. Eli was protected by god, because he sought only to follow and act upon his faith. I figured he got damage to his eyes from nukes exploding as a child it seemed implied he survived the apocalypse. Was eli from the movie the book of eli major spoiler. Carnegie back in his town is dying from his gunshot wound also finds the book to be in braille and unable to read it loses control of his wasteland. Before the apocalypse, eli was a simple clerk at a local kmart. If you look at the movie, sometimes i actually bumped into stuff and they used it. Eli tells another character that he meets on his journey that god showed him where the book is and told him to travel west with the book.
This could mean that either shes illiterate, or that eli guessed that she wouldnt have known how to read braille. Jan 26, 2016 not only can eli maneuver the wasteland without sight, he can also ward off groups of attackers without a scratch, he can also hunt with his trusty bow and shoot a bird out of the air blind for dinner. The book of eliheadscratchers all the tropes wiki fandom. Yes, there are clues that he is blind, like overdeveloped smelling. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her. The book of eli 2010 frequently asked questions imdb. Eli sneaks out of his room and carnegie has his henchmen shoot at eli, but the bullets seemingly just graze him, as if he is being protected.
Look at all the other questions on ya or anywhere on the internet, you will see tons of clues that he was indeed blind. Eli tells the guards that he has a copy of the bible. Mar 30, 2010 book of eli is a wake up call for originality in both secular and christian movies. In fact, faith is the only semisatisfying explanation for eli s ability. He looks out the window the next day, moving his eyes to and fro to take in the situation. Eli is a wanderer, but the film does not center on his life. Sure it has been debated, but was eli blind in book of eli.
Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the ending. After watching the book of eli, i started to wonder if eli was actually blind the whole time. The book of eli believable except for this one small thing. Eli s book that he is transporting the book of eli is actually the holy bible, the king james version, the only copy that has seemed to survive the war. At the end of the movie, we find out he is blind like the biblical eli and that the book he s been carrying around throughout the film is the bible in. The titular book of eli, a braille bible, purportedly containing the entire kjv text, would actually take up much more physical space than one volume. Jan 15, 2010 my problem with the eli being blind has nothing to do with the faith aspect. However, eli proves to be the better man when he gently declines her advances. In the movie the book of eli, was the character played by denzel. He was portrayed by gary oldman, who also portrayed norman stansfield in leon. He calls the engineer in to unlock the book and once its unlocked they see the bible is in braille in alcatraz, a closeup of eli s face shows us that he is blind as well. As the film ends, eliwho we now realize is blindhas memorized the entire king james bible. In the town, the engineer opens elis locked bible, which carnegie discovers is in braille. Eli wears dark sunglasses, as blind people often do.
Interview with denzel washington, mila kunis, and gary oldman. Also know, what happened to the world in the book of eli. The book of eli is different from the current wave of postapocalyptic films. Never thought he was entirely blind, just vision impaired. During his down time every day, he pulls out his book and reads it. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. Eli tells another character that he meets on his journey that god showed him where the book is and told him to travel west with the book and that god will have his back along. If not, then theres no other explanation for how he s been able to do all that he did. Were talking about gary oldman and his army of men who are searching endlessly for this book. In the bible, the high priest eli was blind, and some might say that there are several scenes which may indicate that in the movie eli was blind or at least partially blind.
He finally escapes but oldman steals the book, which turns out to be sealed with a lock and surprise is in braille, so oldman cant read it. Eli shoots most of carnegies men and hits carnegie in the leg with a shotgun blast. If u consider, that this movie is based on the bible, yes he was blind, because eli the priest was a real person and was blind too 1. The plothole is that eli constantly makes eye contact and watches people even though he is blind. Some say that eli was blind ever since he was born and never got the chance to regain his eyesight until he had grown up. If you piece the ending together you clearly see he was blind. My view is that when you see what the book is and that he s blind that to me tells you god must exist. In the opening fight, he cuts the mans hand off after being pushed, waiting until he s touched to get a sense of where to direct his blow with his machete.
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